Cave de l'Os a Moelle, Paris

We liked the atmosphere. We disliked everything else. We went last night (December 23) because of the great reviews. We have also been to L'Os a Moelle across the street (nice experience) The cave is different. On the table are more vegetables rapees than you need and two pates. Turns out that these are the best part of the meal, however. We had a choice for the main course of a beef soup and a fish soup. The first was in a huge pot with everything but the kitchen sink--obviously every left over from the restaurant across the street. It was only a fair soup with a ton of bones to pick through. The fish soup seemed canned. There was a tiny cheese platter, with only three cheeses, all chevres and very similar. There were many desserts but none worth eating--they were like the ones we used to get in French cafeterias as students. There is no service, of course, only a bartender who explains the self-serve principle, and it is tough to get water to the table, and unless you have the courage to dig through the bags to get bread and cut it yourself, you will have no bread.